Chris has posted about the Applied XML Dev Con
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=1383
and continues with discussions on topics to highlight:
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/news/showTopic.aspx?ixTopic=1386
Looks like we...

Over a year and half ago, I started working with Matt Powell and the MSDN folks to update up a lot of the content on the Web services spoke. During this process, we found that the SOAP Toolkit was actually getting a lot of downloads without folks really...

The WSE Security talk was so popular, firemarshalls would not allow everyone to get into the room. As a result, we have worked with Denise Smith to repeat the talk. CTS302 will be repeated tomorrow, Friday at lunchtime at 12:15 in room 33ABC.
CTS302...

... I never learned how to appropriately be PC :(. Please Janet, do not make a T-Shirt of my blunder!
Thanks to Dr. Bix, you were an excellent mentor during the show prep. I had a tremendous # of compliments after the talk.
For those of you that...

TechEd 2004
San Diego , CA
May 24- 28, 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/usa/teched/home.asp
Connected systems are becoming pervasive as a result of current economic drivers for companies to be more agile and to drive down corporate costs. New...

Steve Swartz was unable to make it down to Tech Ed, so the following talk was cancelled:
DEVC27 Service Orientation Overview
Tuesday, May 25 1:30 PM- 2:45 PM, Cabana 06
Speaker(s): Steve Swartz
Track(s): Developer Tools and Technologies
...

Despite the fact that it is totally gorgeous in Seattle right now and I have to work because Tech Ed is nearing, I am excited!
I'm Back on my Feet
Why? Cause despite the enormous workload, if feels as though things are coming together and... I am...

Today is one of those days where I am simply doing too many things . I just made a silly and annoying mistake of hitting send too quickly. Eileen Crain, a colleague, in all her wisdom about a month ago told me to install a tool called LookOut . It holds...

In addition to Hervey Wilson , Keith Ballinger and everyone on his the WSE team, who pays attention to Interop at Microsoft?
Jorgen Thelin drives the workshop process which is critical for specification refinement and proving out interoperability with...

Anyone going to Tech Ed who wants to do a brainstorming session on how to pull off the best applied XML and Web services trade show, let Chris or I know. We rocked last year and are still discussing the possibilities of this year. It was truly a no overhead...

Don't forget that if you are new to Web services, or you want to learn more about the internals of the [WebMethod] attribute and serialization, The basics of Web services security, and WSDL, attend the Tech Ed Pre-Con session with Aaron Skonnard. You...

The OASIS WSS technical committee has pushed toward standardization: “Several of our documents have just become OASIS standards.” Check out the discussions that lead to the final decision.
WSE v2.0 rtm will implement the final standard...

It's Don's 10th Tech Ed Anniversary and he will be kicking off the Connected Systems virtual Track. I hope you will find this track to be one of the best at the show! We approached the track in a much different fashion this year than others. I worked...

I had knee surgery a few weeks ago and I am totally behind on email... so if you have been emailing me and I am not responding, I am not ignoring you, you are just enqueue ;)- Narcotics, Pain, and lack of sleep are amazing at making one less productive...

Today I watched an on-line demo of a product called XFire that shows a cool use of the new Peer Web technology. The demo shows how on-line gamers can use a peer web/chat program to enhance their gaming experience. Do you want to be able to play Doom with...

This online social networking thing has me totally inspired. After blogging my last entry, Sam Ruby linked me in on the Orkut network. Orkut folks... you guys have some useability problems. I should just be able to click on the link from Sam and drop...

So what is the deal with Friendster , Linked In , Plaxo , and Orkut ? Is there a business model that really works behind all of these networks? What services will they sell to create value add around their networks? How will privacy of people's information...

Develop Mentor has recently launched a training course on Advanced Web Services.
The course intended for developers who are already familiar with building Web services in .NET and wish to take advantage of the new Web Services Architecture standards...

I just want to start off by saying thank you to the numerous folks that I received submissions for the Connected Systems Track we will be having at Tech Ed this year. We tried something new this year. We lined up the track to provide solutions for common...